Catalytic codimerization of norbornadiene with an acrylic acid ester

摘要

Norbornadiene and an acrylic acid ester, e.g. methyl acrylate, are catalytically codimerized in the presence of a three-component homogeneous catalytic system consisting of nickel acetylacetonate, an alkyl aluminum chloride and 1,2-bisdiphenylphosphino ethane. The resulting codimer can be used as a precursor for missile fuel. The ester portion of the acrylic acid ester is the radical RCH2O- wherein the R is an H or an alkyl containing up to 10 carbon atoms.